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The Wall Street Journal reports on the Home Depot data breach. Among some of the revelations is that (a) they had actually upgraded to the latest security measures when the data breach was discovered and (b) executives were handed Apple devices to counteract...

The site gawker.com has some click-bait titled "Public NYC Taxicab Database Lets You See How Celebrities Tip." Despite the gossipy nature of the title, the article itself goes into some very specifics on how this was possible despite the information...

The LA Times writes that a data breach at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is larger than previously reported. According to latimes.com , a stolen computer that was not protected with medical laptop encryption software contained information on more than 33...

Delaware has passed a law (which becomes effective on January 1, 2015) declaring that "commercial entities" must destroy any personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to consumers that is "no longer to be retained by the commercial...

According to the US Supreme Court, US authorities require warrants in order to search the cellphones of people who are arrested [http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-132_8l9c.pdf ; ]. The decision is not solely for cellphones, though: rummaging...

The BBC is reporting that Minnesota has introduced a kill switch bill for smart phones (and has beat California to the punch). A "kill switch" is a way to incapacitate a phone, usually permanently. It's a smart phone data security feature...